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Terminally ill adults should have the right to die and religious leaders are wrong to oppose assisted death, according to Ian McEwan, the award-winning novelist.

“What is ridiculous is the law allows people to starve to death, but when somebody is suffering extreme pain they cannot get the nurse to help them die. People who want to die should be allowed to die. The good thing is that in common law it is now moving.”

McEwan’s next novel, The Children Act, examines the issue of how and when people can die, exploring the dilemmas faced by parents, medical staff and